Character Quote by Cyprian

Crime when it succeeds is called virtue.

— Anonymous

Crime, like virtue, has its degrees.

— Jean Racine

Crime (murder) is: wanting to put the blame on the other (God).

— Vikrant Parsai

Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on…

— W. H. Auden

It's like an act of murder-you play with intent to commit something.

— Duke Ellington

Murder is an inherently evil act, no matter what the circumstances, no matter how convincing the rationalizations.

— Bentley Little

Stripped of ethical rationalizations and philosophical pretensions, a crime is anything that a group in power chooses to prohibit.

— Freda Adler

Crime generally punishes itself.

— Oliver Goldsmith

For whoever meditates a crime is guilty of the deed.

— Juvenal

“Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society must take the place of the victim, and on his…

— W.H. Auden

“Believe me, Eugenie, the words "vice" and "virtue" supply us only with local meanings. There is no action, however bizarre you may picture it,…

— Marquis de Sade

Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca